Updated December 08, 2022 by the ABC7 Data Team

ABC7 is tracking crime and safety across the Los Angeles and in your neighborhood.


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Burglaries
24,550

Last 12 months
Through December 05

Average Burglaries
21,986

Yearly average
2019 to 2021

Burglary Rate
358

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Burglary Rate
321

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2021


Burglaries over the last 12 months are up 12% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department data through December 05.

The areas of the county policed by the LAPD and Sheriff’s Department averaged 472 burglaries a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 449 a week.

Police generally define burglary as someone illegally entering a home, business or vehicle to steal something of value or commit some other felony.

A closer look at Los Angeles burglaries neighborhood by neighborhood

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC7’s data team looked at data from the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department by neighborhood from 2019 through December 05, 2022, the latest date for which records are available from the two agencies.

The map color codes each police district by the burglary rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues represent neighborhoods with burglary rates that are higher than the citywide rate. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of burglaries.

Click on any area on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends.

You can find your neighborhood by using the box at the top of the map to search for any street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location.